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enGLAAD Reaches Out to Blog That Dehumanizes Transgender Peoplehttp://www.glaad.org/2009/06/26/glaad-reaches-out-to-blog-that-disparages-transgender-people
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As the result of constituents contacting GLAAD, we have reached out to the site owners of a blog that dehumanizes transgender people and their experiences. <a href="http://www.tranny-alert.com/" target="_blank">Tranny Alert</a> is a website that posts pictures of people who are perceived to be transgender and encourages readers to submit photos of perceived transgender people for the blog to publish and provide commentary. It is unclear whether the site's subjects have provided consent to have their pictures taken and published in this context.</p>
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<p>GLAAD has reached out to the blog about the defamatory nature of their content with their problematic language including the words "tranny," "trannie" and "he/she." We also expressed our concerns about the potential danger the site's subjects could face as a result of having their gender identity and gender expression shared without their consent.</p>
<p>Given that transgender people are disproportionately targeted for violence, willfully subjecting them to this kind of online scrutiny could very well put their lives in danger. We need not look far to know how violence disproportionately impacts transgender people. Recent examples include <a href="http://www.glaad.org/Page.aspx?pid=571" target="_blank">Angie Zapata</a> and <a href="http://glaadblog.org/2008/11/19/vigil-held-for-lateisha-green/" target="_blank">Lateisha Green</a>.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://gudbuytjane.livejournal.com/9130.html" target="_blank">Call to Action</a> against Tranny Alert was started by a Livejournal user named <a href="http://gudbuytjane.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">gudbuytjane</a> and it appears to have been quite effective. The blog's Facebook page has already been taken down.</p>
<p>Tranny Alert remains active on <a href="http://twitter.com/TrannyAlert" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Some Twitter users have been tweeting <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23trannyalertfail" target="_blank">#trannyalertfail</a> to express their alarm and concern for the site's questionable content.</p>
<p>Initially, <a href="http://twitter.com/TrannyAlert" target="_blank">@TrannyAlert</a> tweeted the following in response to readers submitting their concerns:</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Tranny Alert will be releasing a statement in the next 24 hours regarding the recent backlash.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Later, the blog sent out another tweet about readers concerns:</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Wow people really need to get a f*cking sense of humor.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p>If you would like to share your own concerns about Tranny Alert and their content, you can email them at:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><a href="mailto:mayday@tranny-alert.com">mayday@tranny-alert.com</a></strong></p></blockquote>
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<p>You can also share your concerns about their problematic language and content with <a href="https://www.blogger.com/start" target="_blank">Blogger</a>, the blog service that currently hosts Tranny Alert. You can contact them with your concerns <a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/request.py?contact_type=hate_speech&amp;blog_URL=http://trannyalert.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Blogger's policy specifically states:</p>
<blockquote><p>Blogger strongly believes in freedom of speech. We believe that having a variety of perspectives is an important part of what makes blogs such an exciting and diverse medium. With that said, there are certain types of content that are not allowed on Blogger. While Blogger values and safeguards political and social commentary, material that promotes hatred toward groups based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation/<strong>gender identity</strong> is not allowed on Blogger.</p></blockquote>
<p>Please stay tuned for more details. Please check back with us for updates on this developing story.</p>
<p>Have an update to share with GLAAD? Send Senior Media Strategist Andy Marra a Tweet at <a href="http://twitter.com/andy_marra" target="_blank">@andy_marra</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">June 26, 2009</span></div></div></div>
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<div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/transgender">Transgender</a></li>
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<div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/angie-zapata">angie zapata</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/blogger">Blogger</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/call-action">Call to Action</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/defamation">Defamation</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/facebook">Facebook</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lateisha-green">Lateisha Green</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/livejournal">Livejournal</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/transgender">: transgender</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/transgender-visibility">transgender visibility</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/twitter">Twitter</a></li>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:16:26 +0000Andy32099 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/2009/06/26/glaad-reaches-out-to-blog-that-disparages-transgender-people#comments